Date: 16 Jun 98 11:27:13 EDT From: Amy.M.Hollywood-AT-Dartmouth.EDU (Amy M. Hollywood) Subject: Re: Less definite sexes Thanks for the info about Faust-Sterling's recent talk. I absolutely gree that such anatomical indeterminacy has to be paid attention to in attempts to disrupt dualisms of gender AND sexual difference. On the other hand, much of the distress of those judged "indeterminate" within our culture is that same culture's insistance -- crucial to our formations as subjects -- that there are only two sexes. I am reminded of this point and its theoretical ramifications by Jay Prosser's recent book on transsexuality (Second Skins: The Body Narratives of Transsexuality), in which he argues that "postmodern" privileging of indeterminacy is unable to take seriously the self-constructed narratives of transsexual people, in which the desire for determinacy plays a key role. Well that seems to be the argument so far. I haven't finished the book yet. Has anyone? Best, Amy --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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